September 28, 2022 North County Outlook

Kermes Community Fiesta comes to Marysville

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

A Mexican tradition came to Marysville as local groups helped to organize the Kermes Community Fi esta event on Sept. 24.

The local Latino com munity came out to the event which was meant to continue recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month.

The local Keep Dreams Alive Foundation and LINC NW helped to organize the event.

“This is our Kermes Community Fiesta,” said Dafne Powell, executive di rector of the Keep Dreams Alive Foundation.

“We want to celebrate our roots, our traditions and our food,” said Powell.

A Kermes Community Fiesta is a Mexican cel

MSD holds Hispanic Heritage

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

Local families came together to celebrate Hispanic culture as part of the Hispanic Heritage Family Night from the Marysville School District on Sept. 22.

The event comes during National His panic Heritage Month which began on Sept. 15 and lasts until Oct. 15.

“We are recognizing and honoring our Hispanic families and students and staff members in the Marysville School District,” said Eneille Nelson, director of equity and family engagement at the district.

“They are getting food and they’re get ting resources from the community. We are giving them information that is needed for the Marysville School District,” she said.

Families came out to learn about differ ent programs in the district and to see His panic culture.

“We want to educate our kids on differ ent backgrounds,” said local parent Tatiana Crawford, who added the event has helped with that.

Tulalip opens sports betting at casinos

The two sportsbook op erations are at the Tulalip Resort Casino and Quil Ceda Creek Opening and have been operating since early September.

DraftKings, a popular

PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER ANDERSSON

Yazel Arce, right, and Eli Arce prepare some food at the Kermes Community Fiesta on Sept. 24.

PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER ANDERSSON

Former Seattle Mariners pitcher Randy Johnson, left, and Tulalip Tribal Chairwoman Teri Gobin cut the ribbon to the sports betting venue at the Tulalip Resort Casino on Sept. 20.

The Tulalip Tribes held the grand opening to their two sports gambling ven ues with guest appearances from local sports icons Randy Johnson and Steve Largent on Sept. 20.

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER ANDERSSON

Tatiana Crawford, left, talks with parent volunteer Elizabeth Alejo about one of the Marysville School District’s programs at Hispanic Heritage Family Night at the district on Sept. 22.

KERMES

ebration that brings people, food and games together.

“There’s not a specific translation for it, but it is like a festival that we used to have in Mexico,” said Powell.

The event tradition ally has a “marriage booth” where couples can get faux married, which was brought over to the Marysville event.

“They always have the ‘hall of records’ at the fes tival so people think about who they can invite so they can get married,” said Pow ell. “It is just something that is fun to do."

Marysville’s event also featured games such as Mexican game similar to bingo which uses symbols instead of numbers.

“It is colorful and fun,” said Powell.

The Kermes Community Fiesta also featured local vendors that are owned by people in the Latino com munity

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U.S. sports betting company, is helping to run the two op erations.

The Tulalip Resort Ca sino’s facility features an 800-square-foot screen which displays sports games, kiosks to make sports bets, and seating and booths which can be reserved.

“Everyone is going to the food,” said Powell.

Participants said they enjoyed the opportunity to go to the fiesta, especially for the food.

“It’s awesome. It’s great and it’s good to see all the people out here,” said par ticipant Yami Ramos. “It’s the smells that I like, all the different smells of the food."

Local Yovana Arce also was happy to be at the fes tival.

“We just wanted to see the community and we like the food,” she said.

Other vendors at the event sold jewelry or other items.

“All of them are local en trepreneurs so we are giving them the opportunity to serve this community,” said Powell.

Powell said she hopes the event can help local en trepreneurs in the Latino community.

“Being able to support them is important,” she said.

This is the first time the Keep Dreams Alive Foun dation, a nonprofit organi

“I think people really love it. Down at the Q we have a smaller venue,” said Teri Gobin, Tulalip Tribal chair woman.

The venues have already hosted people during some recent football games.

“The first live NFL game was packed. It was awesome just to see that big of a turn out,” said Brandon Jones, sportsbook manager at the

zation that focuses on help ing the local Latino and mi grant populations, has held an event like this.

“In Marysville we haven’t seen a lot of events like this. There’s always events in Ev erett, Lynnwood or Tacoma, so we want to bring the community together here,” said Powell. “We’re just try ing to bring a little bit of us here."

She said the event went well.

Tulalip Tribes’ casinos.

He said the first Se ahawks game also brought in a crowd.

“The Seahawks-Bronco game was loud and rowdy, and everyone was having a good time,” he said.

The in-person experience offers an exciting time, said Johnny Avello, director of race and sports operations for DraftKings.

“At a sportsbook you can enter a brick-and-mortar lo cation, there’s a lot to be said for that,” he said. “There’s a lot to enjoy when you're to gether with others, having a good time and rooting for the same team.”

The DraftKings options allow for a wide variety of bets as well.

“It’s interesting on plac ing a bet. I never knew how many sports there were and that you can bet on anything. You can bet on the flip of a coin or that no runs will be in the first inning,” said Gobin.

“So far, we have good at tendance and I’m happy and content with what we have so far,” said Powell.

“This is the first one, and hopefully we can replicate this soon in other ways,” she added.

Dia de Los Muertos is another celebration that they could organize an event for soon, said Powell.

“I’m super excited to hopefully do this more of ten,” she said.

Staff are also available to assist individuals in placing bets if they are needed.

Individuals will be able to use their phones to place bets as well.

“Eventually, we will get so that you will be able to do it on your phone and geofence the parking lot so you can do it outside the build ing,” said Gobin.

Former Seattle Mariners pitcher and Hall of Famer Randy Johnson greeted the crowd at the Tulalip Re sort Casino to celebrate the opening of the facility.

“Seattle has always had a place in my heart because I really played the first parts of my career there,” said Johnson. “It’s only fitting that it would be a matter of time that sportsbooks would open across the country and what better place than this area with all the great sports that are here, like the Se ahawks and Mariners."

Sports betting has only been allowed in Washington state for about a year and was approved by the state legisla ture for tribal facilities.

“We went and testified in Olympia to assist in get ting that legislative fix,” said Gobin.

Native tribes in the state already had the structure in place for gambling regula tion and oversight with oth er areas of gambling, said Gobin.

Avello, who is from Las Vegas, said he has been sur prised at how much gam bling options have spread over the past decade.

“Being from Las Vegas I always thought Vegas was the only place that would ever get a sportsbook and it’s exciting to watch other states have what we have had for 50 years,” Avello said.

PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER ANDERSSON

Yami Ramos, left, and Juan Ramos, right, are faux married by LINC NW executive director Ryan Brown as part of the Kermes Community Fiesta on Sept. 24.

M'ville helps raise domestic violence awareness

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

October is Domestic Vio lence Awareness Month and the city of Marysville will again work to increase aware ness this year, including with a Domestic Violence Aware ness Walk on Oct. 6.

The walk is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will be at the Ebey Waterfront Park.

“It is a walk on the Ebey Waterfront Trail that will end outside the new Civ ic Center,” said Bridgett Larsen, communications specialist with the city of Marysville.

The walk is 2.8 miles and participants can join at any point.

“Anybody can join at any time. You don’t have to be there for the start,” said Larsen.

The end of the walk will include opportunities to learn more about local pro grams and to donate funds for the cause.

“We will have nonprofit organizations and food trucks there to help with the fundraising,” said Lars en.

Food trucks at the event are scheduled to include Dreamy Drinks, Black Sea Food Truck and QT Food Truck.

The city of Marysville, Domestic Violence Servic es of Snohomish County, and several community partners want to help the campaign and are helping to organize the event.

“October is Domestic Violence Awareness Week,” said Larsen, “So this is a way to bring awareness for domestic violence issues as

with each other and getting to know one another,” said Nelson.

well as raise funds to sup port the cause and local groups."

Larsen said awareness of what domestic violence looks like and where to go for assistance is helpful in reducing the amount of violence locally.

“Education is a key tool in fighting domestic vio lence,” she said.

“People can learn how to become aware of all of the different resources that are available around the county,” she added.

This is the first time the city of Marysville and other community groups will be hosting the Domestic Violence Awareness Walk, although the city also pro moted awareness last year as well.

IN addition to the walk, the city hopes to advocate

for domestic violence vic tims again this month in many ways.

“It will be very similar to last year’s events. We’ll be selling T-shirts again for domestic violence aware ness,” said Larsen.

The shirt design is the same as last year and prof its will again go to support services for domestic vio lence victims.

“We’re encouraging people to wear them on Thursdays in October,” said Larsen.

Webinars from Domes tic Violence Services of Snohomish County will also be available during the month, as well as the Hope Within Luncheon on Oct. 13 that will raise funds for the local nonprofit organi zation.

More information about

Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring wearing one of the shirts for Domestic Violence Awareness Month that the city of Marys ville plans to sell again this year.

events and links to buy a shirt are available at marys villewa.gov/1189.

People can learn more

about Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County by going to dvs. snoco.org.

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Elizabeth Alejo, a par ent volunteer with the dis trict’s Migrant Education Program, also said she was happy to be able to get out during the event and talk about the program.

“It’s a really good pro gram and we’re just trying to recruit more people. We started just before COVID so we don’t have that many people here. There are a lot of benefits to it and I hope the community knows more about this,” she said.

Entertainment was pro vided during the event and families got to enjoy a meal together.

“They’re connecting

This is the first time the Marysville School District has hosted an event like this and Nelson said she was happy with how it turned out.

“We were not sure how many families would come out, but we are pretty pleased with the turnout,” she said.

The district hopes the event will help local His panic students feel like they’re a part of the com munity.

“We wanted to do it be cause we wanted to cele brate our Hispanic families. We know that here in our communities the number of Hispanic families is in creasing, so that is telling us that we need to do more to recognize them and honor

them,” said Nelson.

She said she was glad that more and more His panic families are calling Marysville home.

“They bring so much to us, so we should celebrate their identity and individu ality as a culture. That re

ally makes the Marysville School District a better place,” she said.

Nelson expects the Hispanic Heritage Family Night will be back next year.

“We’re just happy to be able to do this for our fami lies,” she said.

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Local

Girl Scout raises money for school mental health

Devyn Britton, an Ar lington Girl Scout, raised $800 to help with men tal health in local schools. Arlington High School, Weston High School, Post Middle School and Haller Middle each received $200 for resources that will help with student mental health.

“I’ve personally strug gled with mental health is sues over the last two years and I wanted to provide resources to other students who may also be having challenges,” said Britton. “This is a very important topic to address and to re move the stigma around it.”

Britton raised the money as part of her Girl Scout Gold Award, similar to the Scouts BSA Eagle Scout Award. She developed a clothing swap project and silent auction in August where people could donate. The money was used for

different resources at the schools, like self-care jour nals and fidgets.

“Many students are hav ing trouble adjusting to school after being at home for the better part of two

years,” said Jennifer Pe ters, Haller Middle School Counselor. “It’s impressive that a student has awareness of mental health in schools and is doing something about it. These resources

will really help students.”

Britton attended Sno-Isle Tech the past two years and is currently attending col lege at Eastern Washington University where she hopes to earn a business degree.

Arlington will receive settlement money

Arlington City Coun cil approved joining in on a Washington state settle ment that is meant to bring thousands of dollars to the

Arlington region to support those with substance use disorders.

The council voted 6-0 that the city should join the settlement during their Sept. 19 meeting.

The settlement is the second that Arlington has joined in and was initiated by the Washington State At torney General’s office.

The office argued that drug distributors, McKes son Corp., Cardinal Health Inc. and AmerisourceBer gen Drug Corp. hold some responsibility for the rise of opioid addiction over the last decade.

Lawyers representing those three companies dis puted the claims.

The case was settled by

the two parties earlier this year.

“The city of Arlington, as well as every other jurisdic tion in excess of 10,000, as well as cities and counties are asked to participate in,” said Steve Peiffle, Arlington city attorney. “What is be ing requested and what staff is recommending is that the council approve the city’s participation in the settle ment."

A total of $518 million dollars is being paid to the state and local jurisdictions. Half of that will go directly to the state of Washington, while the other half is meant for local cities and counties and will be distributed in proportion to population.

For Arlington that will

be a little over $560,000.

The settlement funds are specifically meant to go to ward programs supporting individuals with substance use disorders.

Arlington’s share of the money will not go directly to the city but will be en trusted to a organization specifically meant to dis tribute the funds around multiple counties.

“It will go to a regional council which governs the distribution of the settle ment money in our claim area,” said Peiffle.

The ‘claim area’ for Ar lington will include coun ties in the northwest section of the state.

Arlington City Council member Jan Schuette said she hopes the city will have a strong voice in deciding how the money is spent.

“Do we know yet if there will be a representative from Arlington, from Ever ett, from Stanwood and the like,” she asked during the city council meeting.

The exact nature of the spending decisions is still in the process of being worked out, said Peiffle.

“I don’t know if that is fully determined yet, but there will certainly be op portunities in participating where the spending will oc cur,” he said.

Schuette advocated to make sure money is spent well.

“It seems like with a lot of the COVID money, no one was sure exactly where it went. While with this money, its targeted toward an issue that we really need to find a way to solve and hopefully some of this will,” she said.

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Arlington Girl Scout, Devyn Britton, talks with attendees at a clothing swap she organized for her Girl Scout Gold Award. Britton donated the money she raised to Arlington middle and high schools to help with student mental health.

M'ville receives recognition from U.S. NWS

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

Due to helping local businesses and the community become more prepared for extreme weather, the city of Marysville was recently recognized by the U.S. National Weather Service.

The city is one of the 2022 Am bassadors of Excellence for their work to help support the WeatherReady Nation Ambassador Program.

“We were very excited to hear about this award,” said Sarah LaVelle, emergency preparedness manager with the city of Marysville. “This started when we talking with the National Weather Service about our Marysville Business Ready program."

The city’s own initiative is meant to encourage businesses to become more prepared for emer gencies, and after discussions they agreed to incorporate the U.S. Na tional Weather Service’s program into their own.

“Their program is about encour aging businesses to take actions to help the community prepare for weather events,” said LaVelle.

Businesses can provide that ex tra push to get information out to

more residents to help them pre pare. They can often reach an addi tional demographic of people that miss other forms of notification.

“For example if there is a heat wave coming, they could help tell the community about the ways to keep each other safe,” said LaVelle.

While working with businesses, the city of Marysville has enrolled many local businesses in the Na tional Weather Service’s initiative.

“At the National Weather Ser vice Seattle region office, Marys ville businesses are responsible for about a third of the businesses that have signed up to be a weather am bassador,” said LaVelle.

Officials from the U.S. Na tional Weather Service announced Marysville as one of the recipients of the 2022 award on Sept. 20.

LaVelle said Marysville’s Ready Business program is also going fairly well after it was start ed earlier this year.

“It’s a fairly new program for the city so it was good to see that it’s done some good work already,” she said.

They announced the initiative earlier this year and talked with businesses for the first time about it

in early spring during a Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce event.

“The program is about how we can help your business during a di saster, how we can help your staff and, if you are interested, how your business can help the community,”

Registration opens for fall classes

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

A variety of classes, from art to photography to youth basketball, are now open for registration as part of the city of Marysville’s fall recreation offerings.

The full schedule and cost of classes are available online at marysvillewa. gov/parks.

“We try to provide a variety of classes to differ ent age groups to provide recreation here in Marys ville,” said Kristen Rasmus sen, recreation coordinator with the city of Marysville’s Parks, Culture and Recre ation Department.

There are a variety of class es available this season and the city of Marysville tries to support a wide offering.

Participants often like the convenience of affordability and a class that is available in their community.

Among classes this fall include a youth basketball league for boys and girls, from kindergarten through eighth grade.

All the games are local as well, which is often con venient for parents.

As the holiday season approaches some of the classes focus on holiday art or food.

“We do cooking and cake decorating,” said Ras mussen.

A photography class can help novices learn how to use a DSLR camera or how to work with their phone to

take stronger photos.

The city also provides many classes for older adults in the community.

“We have some senior programs such as a free se nior walking group,” said Rasmussen.

“There is an emergency preparedness class that fo cuses on things like prepar ing for the winter,” she said.

There are also senior

dance classes which pro vide a way to become active in a low-impact way.

Other classes include sewing, music, guitar les sons and other specific hobbies.

Those interested in of ferings can email parksan drec@marysvillewa.gov or call the Marysville Parks, Culture and Recreation of fice at 360-363-8400.

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RAVE: Thank you to the Marysville School District for bringing together lo cal families to celebrate their National Hispanic Heritage Family night last week. It was a great opportunity for families to learn about each other, the Hispanic cul ture and the programs available at the school district.

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who helped organize the recent Kermes Community Fiesta event which recog nized the local Latino community and celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month. It is a great way to celebrate the diversity that help make Marysville such a great com munity.

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MP defeats Getchell on the volleyball court

By Nathan Whalen nathan@northcountyoutlook.com

Marysville Pilchuck came from behind to defeat Marys ville Getchell on the volleyball court.

The Tomahawks won in five sets, 25-18, 20-25, 21-25, 25-23, and 16-14 in a Sept. 21 match at Marysville Pilchuck.

“It was a really close one,” Marysville Pilchuck coach April Lewis said. “It felt back and forth the whole time.”

After the Tomahawks took the first set, the Chargers won the next two sets.

“Getchell was probably the scrappiest and most resilient team we’ve played,” Lewis said, adding the matchup saw the team have 112 digs on the night.

Both teams wore pink jerseys or pink warm-ups during the match Sept. 21.

Lewis said while October is breast cancer awareness month, the teams wanted to collabo rate for a fundraiser when they played each other. A fund

raiser took place between one of the sets and more than $300 was raised for breast cancer re search.

Lewis highlighted the efforts of Anna Dantas who is the team captain. “She’s just kind of an all-around athlete and leader on the court.”

She also highlighted the ef forts of Rylee Akau, the only freshman on the varsity squad.

“After she shook her nerves, she was all over the place. She saved the game in a lot of ways.”

For Marysville Pilchuck, Ai deen Bobadilla had 25 digs and seven assists, Akau had 18 digs and Claryce Dantas had 17 digs. Rebekah Carter had sev en kills and 12 digs and Anna Dantas had seven kills, 17 digs and 12 assists.

Marysville Getchell’s Vanes sa Fernandez had six aces, eight kills and three blocks and Bree na Westover had seven kills. So phie Goold had seven aces and 14 assists, Aryana Knorr had seven kills and Malina Ngep had four kills, six aces and one

block. Maricella Scott had four kills, 15 digs and two aces.

The win against Marysville Getchell brings the Tomahawks’ record to 3-1 with each of their victories going the distance.

“They’re fighters. We’ve had to go to five sets in all the wins. They just don’t give up,” Lewis said.

The Tomahawks' only loss of the season came in straight sets against Shorewood Sept. 19.

Lewis is in her first year as coach at Marysville Pilchuck. She graduated from Marys ville Pilchuck in 2008 and has coached at clubs, the Boys & Girls Club and at Granite Falls. She said she always wanted to come back to Marysville.

Lewis has 10 players on the varsity team and 14 on junior varsity. Lewis said she is focus ing on building a whole athlete and not just a volleyball players.

Marysville Pilchuck’s sea son continues Sept. 29 when they host Arlington Marys ville Getchell hosts Shorecrest. Games starts at 7 p.m.

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LEGAL NOTICE

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ARTHUR J. BOUNDS, Deceased, NO. 22-4-0189431, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS, RCW 11.40.030

Grace Academy remains undefeated

By Nathan Whalen Nathan@northcountyoutlook.com

Grace Academy re mained unbeaten after get ting by Providence Classical Christian School during a Sept. 23 game at Strawberry Fields in Marysville.

The Eagles won 1-0 over the Highlanders, which is based in Bothell.

“This was a fun, playoff level of soccer,” Grace Acad emy coach Mark Ruhlman said. “It was a good win for us at this time of year.”

He said the team knew going into the game it was going to be a challenge. The Highlanders are a perennial playoff team. In November 2021, Providence Classi cal Christian School placed second at state.

Ruhlman said he thought the team possessed the ball well and Providence pressed the Eagles in the second half.

With around nine min utes remaining in the game, senior Austin Birkhofer, who is the team captain, re ceived a ball from Cade Pe terson and scored the lone goal of the game.

“He hadn’t had many op portunities like that,” Ruhl man said.

Ruhlman also high lighted the efforts of Grace Academy’s goalkeeper, Kent Anderson.

“He hasn’t let a goal in this year,” Ruhlman said. The current season marks the first time Anderson has competed at goalkeeper.

Ruhlman also highlight ed the efforts of Shaan Ba jwa, who plays center-mid. “He just really helps con trolling the field.

He also compliment ed the goalkeeper for the Highlanders.

“Any of our kicks from 20-to-30 yards, he’d clean

up,” Ruhlman said of the Highlander’s goalkeeper.

The win against Provi dence Classical Christian School brings the Eagles’ record to 4-0-1.

“Our whole team was playing awesome today,” Ruhlman said.

The only blemish on Grace Academy’s season was a tie against Mount Vernon Christian that fin ished with neither team scoring a goal.

While Grace Academy has a good group of juniors and seniors, the team isn’t deep, Ruhlman said.

“They’re playing well as a team and not just individual players,” Ruhlman said. It’s fun soccer to watch.

Grace travels to La Con ner Sept. 27 and the game starts at 4:30 p.m. They trav el to Orcas Island Sept. 30 for their first league game, which starts at 3 p.m.

THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE NAMED BELOW has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any per son having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the credi tor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: September 28, 2022.

Personal Representative: Michael C. Bounds

Attorney for Personal Representative: Steven J. Peiffle, WSBA #14704

Address for Mailing or Service: P.O. Box 188, 103 North Street, Arlington, WA 98223

Court of probate proceedings and cause number: Snohomish County Superior Court, Cause No. 22-4-01894-31.

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: JENNIFER L. SMITH, fka JENNIFER L. BYRD, Deceased, NO. 224-01787-31, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDI TORS, RCW 11.40.030

THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE NAMED BELOW has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any per son having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the credi tor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: September 14, 2022.

Personal Representative: Michael Smith

Attorney for Personal Representative: Steven J. Peiffle, WSBA #14704

Address for Mailing or Service: P.O. Box 188, 103 North Street, Arlington, WA 98223

Court of probate proceedings and cause number: Snohomish County Superior Court, Cause No. 22-4-01787-31.

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MAT TER OF THE ESTATE OF LOREN A. PE TERSEN, Deceased, NO. 22-4-01849-31, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS, RCW 11.40.030

THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE NAMED BELOW has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any per son having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the credi tor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, ex cept as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate as sets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: Septem ber 28, 2022

Personal Representative: Tod Petersen Attorney for Personal Representative: Steven J. Peiffle, WSBA #14704

Address for Mailing or Service: P.O. Box 188, 103 North Street, Arlington, WA 98223

Court of probate proceedings and cause number: Snohomish County Superior Court, Cause No. 22-4-01849-31.

PHOTO BY NATHAN WHALEN

Grace Academy’s Zia Fackenthall runs toward the ball during win Sept. 23 against Providence Classical Christian School. For 1B and 2B schools, girls can compete on the boys soccer team if the school doesn’t have enough players to field a separate girls team.

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Marysville Pilchuck’s Aideen Bobadilla passes the ball during a match Sept. 21 against Marysville Getchell. The Tomahawks won in five sets.

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September and October can be tricky times of the year when it comes to our container plant ings. Depend ing on our level of care, some of our pots may have pooped out by now while others are still looking lush and luxuriant.

By Steve Smith

ly 4 feet tall and 4 feet wide, they just shout out summer. And that is exactly the problem.

In my case, I have close to 3 dozen containers in my garden, most of which get changed out twice a year. I decided to keep it simple this year and filled them with 96 geraniums (106 if you include my two win dow boxes), which I admit was a bit on the immoder ate side, but in my defense, the nursery was long on them so I was just trying to help them out (isn’t it wonderful how we can ra tionalize our purchases).

These pots of geraniums have been lovely with their vibrant blooms of red, salmon, orange, and pink (sorry, no white). They are paired with 3 larger con tainers, each have a solo red leaf banana that is current

You see, as much as I love the before-mentioned con tainers, they just don’t feel right this time of year. With the lower angle of the sun, the longer shadows and shorter days, my brain has left summer and moved into fall. And while I am not ready to leap directly into winter hardy peren nials and dwarf shrubs for my containers, I can create new container plantings that contain both hardy plants and colorful “tran sition” plants. These will carry me through the fall season until the first killing frost, at which time I will rip out the faded fillers and replace them with pansies, under which I will poke a few spring blooming bulbs.

Fortunately, garden cen ters have just what we need to help us move from sum mer into winter in the form of what I like to call “tran

sitional plants." These are the fall blooming Mums, Asters and foliage plants like deciduous Ornamen tal Grasses, the non-hardy (but dramatic) large-leafed Dusty Miller called ‘Angel Wings’, dark foliaged ‘Pur ple Majesty' Millet or the golden form called ‘Jade Princess — both of which have incredible flower spikes that look like cat tails on steroids. There are, of course, the many forms of Ornamental Peppers avail able too, with their multicolored fruit that remind me of a bowl of candy that mom used to put out this time of year. There are oo dles of other options as well.

At this point, I think it is important to remind our selves that container plant ings are really just bou quets of flowers with roots. Like any arrangement you might purchase from the store, not all the flowers will fade away at the same time. Alstroemeria seems to last forever while Irises are just a flash in the pan.

And fillers like Aspara gus Fern and Salal act as

foundation plants, around which we can add or sub tract other highlights. It is the same with “shoulder season” containers - the period between peak and off-peak seasons. You are creating a temporary ar rangement, some of which will need to be replaced further down the road,

and some of which will last much longer.

I know it can be hard to let go of summer, but now that it is officially fall, it is time to put away the sum mer wardrobe and haul out our fall and winter apparel. The same is true in the gar den. If it will help, think of “shoulder season contain

ers” as sweaters, not parkas. They will help us acclimate to this new season and pre pare us for what is surely to come.

Steve Smith repre sents Sunnyside Nursery in Marysville and can be reached at sunnysidenurs ery@msn.com.